Yevgeny Kafelnikov
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Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Russia. He won two Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...

 singles titles (one French Open and one Australian Open), four Grand Slam doubles titles, and the men's singles gold medal at the Sydney Olympic Games. He also helped Russia win the Davis Cup
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...

 in 2002. He is the last man to have won both the singles and men's doubles titles at the same Grand Slam tournament, which he did at the 1996 French Open
1996 French Open
List of the 1996 French Open champions:- Men's singles : Yevgeny Kafelnikov def. Michael Stich, 7–6, 7–5, 7–6*It was Kafelnikov's 3rd title of the year, and his 10th overall. It was his 1st career Grand Slam title.- Women's singles :...

.

Life after tennis

Since retiring, Kafelnikov cashed three times at the 2005 World Series of Poker. He also played golf on the European PGA tour at the 2005 and 2008 Russian Open. He stated that he was there not to make up the numbers, before finishing last by 20 odd shots in 2005 (and second to last in 2008).

He now works as a commentator for Russian TV covering tennis. During the 2008 Miami Masters
Miami Masters
The Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida. It is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour and is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park...

, Kafelnikov coached Marat Safin
Marat Safin
Marat Mikhailovich Safin is a retired Russian tennis player of Tatar descent. Safin won two grand slams and reached the world number 1 ranking during his career. He was also famous for his emotional outbursts and sometimes fiery temper on court. Safin also holds the record for most broken...

 in the absence of Hernán Gumy
Hernan Gumy
Hernán Gumy is a former tennis player from Argentina, who turned professional in 1991. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the first round by Venezuela's Nicolas Pereira. Gumy made two finals in his career; both of them ATP...

.

He was participating in the ATP Champions Tour in 2009 and had some impressive results at the Chengdu Open in early November, where he beat Sergi Bruguera, Michael Chang and Pat Cash. As of May 29, 2011, he is ranked 7th on the Champions Tour.

Singles: 46 (26–20)

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Legend
Grand Slam (2–1)
Year-End Championships (0–1)
ATP Masters Series (0–5)
Olympic Gold Medal (1–0)
ATP Championship Series (4–3)
ATP International Series (19–10)
EWLINE
Titles by Surface
Hard (9–10)
Grass (3–1)
Clay (3–3)
Carpet (11–6)

Outcome No. Date Championship Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 10 January 1994 Adelaide, Australia Hard  Russia Alexander Volkov 6–4, 6–3
Winner 2. 7 March 1994 Copenhagen
Copenhagen Open
The Copenhagen Open was a tournament on the ATP Tour, first held in 1973. It was competed again in 1976, before being discontinued. It was re-introduced in 1991 and was halted again in 2003. The only man to win it more than once was Magnus Gustafsson...

, Denmark
Carpet (i)  Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
Daniel Vacek
Daniel Vacek is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia and the Czechia who turned professional in 1990.Vacek represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the second round...

6–3, 7–5
Runner-up 1. 9 May 1994 Hamburg
Hamburg Masters
The German Open Hamburg, established in 1892, is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Hamburg, Germany and part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. Originally a Grand Prix Tennis Tour event between 1978 and 1989 it was part of the Grand Prix Championship...

, Germany
Clay  Ukraine Andrei Medvedev
Andrei Medvedev
Andriy Medvedev , is a former professional tennis player from Ukraine. Medvedev made a splash on the international tennis scene when, as a 17-year-old, he won titles in Genoa and Stuttgart...

4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner 3. 29 August 1994 Long Island
ATP Long Island
The Volvo International – also known as the Pilot Pen International – is a defunct professional tennis tournament played on clay courts from 1973 to 1984 and on outdoor hard courts from 1985 to 1998. It was first held at the Mount Washington Resort in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire in the...

, USA
Hard  France Cédric Pioline
Cédric Pioline
Cédric Pioline is a retired French professional tennis player who played on the professional tour from 1989 to 2002. He reached the men's singles final at the 1993 US Open and at Wimbledon in 1997...

5–7, 6–1, 6–2
Winner 4. 20 February 1995 Milan
Internazionali di Lombardia
The Milan Indoor is a defunct professional tennis...

, Italy
Carpet (i)  Germany Boris Becker
Boris Becker
Boris Franz Becker is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Germany. He is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion, an Olympic gold medalist, and the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon at the age of 17...

7–5, 5–7, 7–6(8–6)
Winner 5. 27 March 1995 St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg Open
The St. Petersburg Open is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour. It has been held annually at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in St. Petersburg, Russia,...

, Russia
Carpet (i)  France Guillaume Raoux
Guillaume Raoux
Guillaume Raoux is a retired tennis player from France.-Career:Raoux turned professional in 1989. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, where he was defeated in the first round by Zimbabwe's Byron Black...

6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 2. 24 April 1995 Nice
Nice
Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...

, France
Clay  Switzerland Marc Rosset
Marc Rosset
Marc Rosset is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland who is best remembered for winning the men's singles Gold Medal at the 1992 Olympic Games....

4–6, 0–6
Winner 6. 17 July 1995 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay  Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
Jakob Hlasek
Jakob Hlasek is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland.-Career:The major highlights of Hlasek's career came in 1992. He won the French Open men's doubles title that year...

6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Winner 7. 28 August 1995 Long Island, USA Hard  Netherlands Jan Siemerink
Jan Siemerink
Johannes Martinus Siemerink is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.-Career:...

7–6(7–0), 6–2
Winner 8. 8 January 1996 Adelaide, Australia Hard  Zimbabwe Byron Black
Byron Black
Byron Black is a former touring professional tennis and Davis Cup player for Zimbabwe.- Biography :He is the brother of Cara and Wayne Black, both professional tennis players...

7–6(7–0), 3–6, 6–1
Runner-up 3. 11 March 1996 Rotterdam
ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
The ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the 500 series of the ATP Tour...

, Netherlands
Carpet  Croatia Goran Ivanišević
Goran Ivaniševic
Goran Ivanišević is a retired Croatian professional tennis player. He is best remembered for being the only person to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard. He achieved this in 2001, having previously been runner-up at the championships in 1992, 1994 and 1998. Ivanišević is famous...

4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Runner-up 4. 1 April 1996 St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg Open
The St. Petersburg Open is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour. It has been held annually at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in St. Petersburg, Russia,...

, Russia
Carpet  Sweden Magnus Gustafsson
Magnus Gustafsson
Magnus Nils Gustafsson is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.Gustafsson won 14 top-level singles titles during his career, reaching a career-high singles ranking of World No. 10 in 1991. He was also part of the Swedish team which won the Davis Cup in 1998...

2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Winner 9. 6 May 1996 Prague
ATP Prague
The Prague Open is a defunct Grand Prix and ATP affiliated tennis tournament played from 1987 to 1999. It was held in Prague in the Czech Republic and played on outdoor clay courts.-Singles:-Doubles:-References:*...

, Czech Republic
Clay  Czech Republic Bohdan Ulihrach
Bohdan Ulihrach
Bohdan Ulihrach is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.-Career:Ulihrach turned professional in 1993. He won his first top-level singles title in July 1995 at Prague, where he defeated Javier Sánchez in the final...

7–5, 1–6, 6–3
Winner 10. 10 June 1996 French Open, Paris, France Clay  Germany Michael Stich
Michael Stich
Michael Detlef Stich is a former professional tennis player from Germany. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1991...

7–6(7–4), 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up 5. 24 June 1996 Halle
Gerry Weber Open
The Gerry Weber Open is a tennis tournament held in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Held since 1993, the tournament is played on four outdoor grass courts and is a part of the ATP World Tour 250 series on the ATP Tour schedule....

, Germany
Grass  Sweden Nicklas Kulti
Nicklas Kulti
Nicklas Kulti is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.Kulti was ranked the World No. 1 junior tennis player in 1989 after winning the Australian Open and Wimbledon junior titles, and finishing runner-up at the US Open.In 1990, Kulti won his first top-level singles title at Adelaide...

7–6(7–5), 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 6. 22 July 1996 Stuttgart
Mercedes Cup
The Mercedes Cup is an ATP World Tour 250 series tennis tournament on the ATP Tour. Held since 1916 in Stuttgart, Germany, the Mercedes Cup is played on clay courts...

, Germany
Clay  Austria Thomas Muster
Thomas Muster
Thomas Muster is a former world no. 1 tennis player from Austria. One of the world's leading clay court players in the 1990s, Muster won the 1995 French Open and at his peak was known as "The King of Clay." In addition, he won eight Masters 1000 series titles, placing him sixth on the all-time list...

2–6, 2–6, 4–6
Winner 11. 7 October 1996 Lyon
Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon
The Open Sud de France is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour. It was held annually at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France, in October, from 1987 through to 2009, before being relocated to...

, France
Carpet (i)  France Arnaud Boetsch
Arnaud Boetsch
Arnaud Boetsch is a former French tennis player who turned professional in 1987.Boetsch represented France at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the second round by Spain's eventual silver medal winner Sergi Bruguera...

7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 7. 4 November 1996 Paris
Paris Masters
The Paris Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour...

, France
Carpet  Sweden Thomas Enqvist
Thomas Enqvist
Thomas Karl Johan Enqvist is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.He was quickly touted as the only Swede who could follow in the footsteps of Stefan Edberg and Björn Borg, and was ranked as high as No. 4 on the ATP Rankings.Enqvist was a force on the Swedish Davis Cup team...

2–6, 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 8. 11 November 1996 Moscow
Kremlin Cup
The Kremlin Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and is a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour...

, Russia
Carpet  Croatia Goran Ivanišević 6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Winner 12. 16 June 1997 Halle
Gerry Weber Open
The Gerry Weber Open is a tennis tournament held in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Held since 1993, the tournament is played on four outdoor grass courts and is a part of the ATP World Tour 250 series on the ATP Tour schedule....

, Germany
Grass  Czech Republic Petr Korda
Petr Korda
Petr Korda is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. He is best known for winning the Australian Open in 1998 and for testing positive for the banned substance, nandrolone, following a match at Wimbledon that same year.-Career:Korda was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia.He first...

7–6(7–2), 6–7(5–7), 7–6(9–7)
Winner 13. 18 August 1997 New Haven, USA Hard  Australia Patrick Rafter
Patrick Rafter
Patrick "Pat" Michael Rafter is an Australian former World No. 1 tennis player. He twice won the men's singles title at the US Open and was twice the runner-up at Wimbledon. Rafter was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006. He was known for his natural serve-and-volley style of...

7–6(7–4), 6–4
Winner 14. 10 November 1997 Moscow
Kremlin Cup
The Kremlin Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and is a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour...

, Russia
Carpet (i)  Czech Republic Petr Korda 7–6(7–2), 6–4
Runner-up 9. 17 November 1997 Year-End Championships
Tennis Masters Cup
The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals is a tennis tournament played at the end of each year, involving the top eight players in the men's tennis world rankings....

, Hanover
Hanover
Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg...

Hard  United States Pete Sampras
Pete Sampras
Pete Sampras is a retired American tennis player and former world no. 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam singles titles and became recognized as one of the greatest tennis players of all time....

3–6, 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 10. 9 February 1998 Marseille, France Hard (i)  Sweden Thomas Enqvist 4–6, 1–6
Winner 15. 2 March 1998 London, UK Carpet (i)  France Cédric Pioline 7–5, 6–4
Winner 16. 15 June 1998 Halle, Germany Grass  Sweden Magnus Larsson
Magnus Larsson
Per Henrik Magnus Larsson is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.Larsson turned professional in 1989 and won his first top-level singles title at Florence in 1990. His first doubles title was also won in Florence, in 1991.Some of the most significant highlights of Larsson's career came...

6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 11. 21 September 1998 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard  United Kingdom Tim Henman
Tim Henman
Timothy Henry "Tim" Henman OBE is a retired English professional tennis player and former British Number One. Henman played a serve-and-volley style of tennis that suited the grass courts of Wimbledon. He was the first player from the United Kingdom since Roger Taylor in the 1970s to reach the...

5–7, 4–6
Runner-up 12. 2 November 1998 Stuttgart
Madrid Masters
There are two sporting events named the Madrid Masters:*Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open — a men's and women's tennis tournament*Madrid Masters...

, Germany
Hard (i)  Netherlands Richard Krajicek
Richard Krajicek
Richard Peter Stanislav Krajicek is a Dutch former professional tennis player. In 1996 he won the men's singles title at Wimbledon, the only Dutch player to have done so. In the quarterfinals of that tournament he defeated Pete Sampras. This was Sampras' only singles defeat at Wimbledon between...

4–6, 3–6, 3–6
Winner 17. 16 November 1998 Moscow, Russia Carpet (i)  Croatia Goran Ivanišević
Goran Ivaniševic
Goran Ivanišević is a retired Croatian professional tennis player. He is best remembered for being the only person to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard. He achieved this in 2001, having previously been runner-up at the championships in 1992, 1994 and 1998. Ivanišević is famous...

7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–5)
Winner 18. 1 February 1999 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard  Sweden Thomas Enqvist
Thomas Enqvist
Thomas Karl Johan Enqvist is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.He was quickly touted as the only Swede who could follow in the footsteps of Stefan Edberg and Björn Borg, and was ranked as high as No. 4 on the ATP Rankings.Enqvist was a force on the Swedish Davis Cup team...

4–6, 6–0, 6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Winner 19. 22 February 1999 Rotterdam
ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
The ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the 500 series of the ATP Tour...

, Netherlands
Carpet (i)  United Kingdom Tim Henman
Tim Henman
Timothy Henry "Tim" Henman OBE is a retired English professional tennis player and former British Number One. Henman played a serve-and-volley style of tennis that suited the grass courts of Wimbledon. He was the first player from the United Kingdom since Roger Taylor in the 1970s to reach the...

6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up 13. 9 August 1999 Montreal
Canada Masters
The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour...

, Canada
Hard  Sweden Thomas Johansson
Thomas Johansson
Karl Thomas Conny Johansson , commonly known as Thomas Johansson, is a former Swedish professional tennis player. He is a former Australian Open singles champion and Olympic silver medalist in doubles.-Junior career:...

6–1, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 14. 23 August 1999 Washington, D.C.
Legg Mason Tennis Classic
The Legg Mason Tennis Classic is an annual late-summer men's tennis tournament played in Washington, D.C. as part of the ATP Tour. It was first held in 1969. It was later known as the Sovran Bank Classic. . Originally an event of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour and part of the Grand Prix Championship...

, USA
Hard  United States Andre Agassi
Andre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassi is a retired American professional tennis player and former world no. 1. Generally considered by critics and fellow players to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Agassi has been called the best service returner in the history of the game...

6–7(3–7), 1–6
Winner 20. 15 November 1999 Moscow, Russia Carpet (i)  Zimbabwe Byron Black 7–6(7–2), 6–4
Runner-up 15. 30 January 2000 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard  United States Andre Agassi 6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 16. 28 February 2000 London, UK Hard (i)  Switzerland Marc Rosset 4–6, 4–6
Winner 21. 2 October 2000 Summer Olympics
Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The tennis competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia consisted of singles and doubles events for both men and women.-Medal table:-Events:-References:*...

, Sydney, Australia
Hard  Germany Tommy Haas
Tommy Haas
Tommy Haas is a German and recently naturalized American professional tennis player. He has competed on the ATP Tour since 1996. After breaking into the world top 100 in 1997, and reaching a career-high ranking of world no...

7–6(7–4), 3–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Winner 22. 30 October 2000 Moscow, Russia Carpet (i)  Germany David Prinosil
David Prinosil
David Prinosil is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1991. He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the first round by Daniel Vacek of the Czech Republic...

6–2, 7–5
Runner-up 17. 27 November 2000 Stockholm
Stockholm Open
The If Stockholm Open is a tennis event on the ATP Tour held in Stockholm, Sweden in the end of October or beginning of November each year. The organizer of the tournament is The Royal Lawn Tennis Club of Stockholm....

, Sweden
Hard (i)  Sweden Thomas Johansson 2–6, 4–6, 4–6
Winner 23. 19 February 2001 Marseille, France Hard (i)  France Sébastien Grosjean
Sébastien Grosjean
Sébastien René Grosjean is a retired tennis player from France. His career-high ATP Entry ranking is No. 4 . He retired from tennis on May 27, 2010.-Career:...

7–6(7–5), 6–2
Runner-up 18. 17 September 2001 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard  Russia Marat Safin
Marat Safin
Marat Mikhailovich Safin is a retired Russian tennis player of Tatar descent. Safin won two grand slams and reached the world number 1 ranking during his career. He was also famous for his emotional outbursts and sometimes fiery temper on court. Safin also holds the record for most broken...

2–6, 2–6
Winner 24. 8 October 2001 Moscow, Russia Carpet (i)  Germany Nicolas Kiefer
Nicolas Kiefer
Nicolas Kiefer , is a former German professional tennis player. His mother, Nicole, is French. He won a silver medal in men's doubles with partner Rainer Schüttler at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....

6–4, 7–5
Runner-up 19. 5 November 2001 Paris, France Carpet  France Sébastien Grosjean
Sébastien Grosjean
Sébastien René Grosjean is a retired tennis player from France. His career-high ATP Entry ranking is No. 4 . He retired from tennis on May 27, 2010.-Career:...

6–7(3–7), 1–6, 7–6(7–5), 4–6
Winner 25. 17 June 2002 Halle, Germany Grass  Germany Nicolas Kiefer 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner 26. 16 September 2002 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard  Belarus Vladimir Voltchkov
Vladimir Voltchkov
Vladimir Nikolayevich Voltchkov is a Belarusian tennis player. Voltchkov reached the semi-final at the 2000 Wimbledon, where, as a qualifer, he lost to Pete Sampras in straight sets...

7–6(8–6), 7–5
Runner-up 20. 3 February 2003 Milan
Internazionali di Lombardia
The Milan Indoor is a defunct professional tennis...

, Italy
Carpet  Netherlands Martin Verkerk
Martin Verkerk
Martin Willem Verkerk is a retired Dutch tennis player. As a relatively unknown player, he had a brilliant run at the French Open in 2003, reaching the final before losing to Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero...

4–6, 7–5, 5–7

Doubles: 41 (27–14)

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Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam Tournaments (4–1)
Tennis Masters Cup /
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series /
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (7–4)
ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 Series (6–4)
ATP International Series /
ATP World Tour 250 Series (10–5)
EWLINE
Finals by Surface
Hard (9–1)
Clay (13–5)
Grass (0–2)
Carpet (5–6)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 7 February 1994 Marseille, France Carpet  Czech Republic Martin Damm
Martin Damm
Martin Damm was a professional tennis player from Czechia. He is 6'2" 195 lb and is best known as a doubles player . ,his highest singles ranking 42 as of August 1997...

 Netherlands Jan Siemerink
Jan Siemerink
Johannes Martinus Siemerink is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.-Career:...

 
 Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
Daniel Vacek
Daniel Vacek is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia and the Czechia who turned professional in 1990.Vacek represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the second round...

7–6, 4–6, 1–6
Winner 1. 11 April 1994 Barcelona, Spain Clay  Czech Republic David Rikl
David Rikl
David Rikl is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. The left-handed Rikl turned professional in 1989. The Czech's success came mostly in doubles, having been a runner-up at the 2004 US Open and 2001 Wimbledon Championships. However, Rikl did achieve a top-100 singles...

 United States Jim Courier
Jim Courier
James Spencer "Jim" Courier, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won four Grand Slam singles titles, two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open...

 
 Spain Javier Sánchez
Javier Sánchez
Javier Sánchez Vicario is a former professional tennis player from Spain.Sánchez won the US Open junior title in 1986, and then turned professional. He won his first professional doubles titles in 1987. His first top-level singles title came in 1988 at Buenos Aires. During his career he won a...

5–7, 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 25 April 1994 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay  Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
Daniel Vacek
Daniel Vacek is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia and the Czechia who turned professional in 1990.Vacek represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the second round...

 Sweden Nicklas Kulti
Nicklas Kulti
Nicklas Kulti is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.Kulti was ranked the World No. 1 junior tennis player in 1989 after winning the Australian Open and Wimbledon junior titles, and finishing runner-up at the US Open.In 1990, Kulti won his first top-level singles title at Adelaide...

 
 Sweden Magnus Larsson
Magnus Larsson
Per Henrik Magnus Larsson is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.Larsson turned professional in 1989 and won his first top-level singles title at Florence in 1990. His first doubles title was also won in Florence, in 1991.Some of the most significant highlights of Larsson's career came...

6–3, 6–7, 4–6
Winner 2. 2 May 1994 Munich
BMW Open
The BMW Open is a tennis tournament held in Munich, Germany. Held since 1900, the tournament is played on outdoor clay courts and is a part of the ATP Tour schedule.-History:...

, Germany
Clay  Czech Republic David Rikl  Germany Boris Becker
Boris Becker
Boris Franz Becker is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Germany. He is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion, an Olympic gold medalist, and the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon at the age of 17...

 
 Czech Republic Petr Korda
Petr Korda
Petr Korda is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. He is best known for winning the Australian Open in 1998 and for testing positive for the banned substance, nandrolone, following a match at Wimbledon that same year.-Career:Korda was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia.He first...

7–6, 7–5
Winner 3. 16 May 1994 Rome
Rome Masters
The Italian Open is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is the most prestigious red clay tennis tournament in the world after the French Open, with the men's competition being an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, and the women's...

, Italy
Clay  Czech Republic David Rikl  South Africa Wayne Ferreira
Wayne Ferreira
Wayne Richard Ferreira is a former tennis player from South Africa. He attended Parktown Boys' High School....

 
 Spain Javier Sánchez
6–1, 7–5
Winner 4. 24 October 1994 Lyon
Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon
The Open Sud de France is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour. It was held annually at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France, in October, from 1987 through to 2009, before being relocated to...

, France
Carpet  Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
Jakob Hlasek
Jakob Hlasek is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland.-Career:The major highlights of Hlasek's career came in 1992. He won the French Open men's doubles title that year...

 Czech Republic Martin Damm
Martin Damm
Martin Damm was a professional tennis player from Czechia. He is 6'2" 195 lb and is best known as a doubles player . ,his highest singles ranking 42 as of August 1997...

 
 Australia Patrick Rafter
Patrick Rafter
Patrick "Pat" Michael Rafter is an Australian former World No. 1 tennis player. He twice won the men's singles title at the US Open and was twice the runner-up at Wimbledon. Rafter was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006. He was known for his natural serve-and-volley style of...

6–7, 7–6, 7–6
Runner-up 3. 27 March 1995 St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg Open
The St. Petersburg Open is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour. It has been held annually at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in St. Petersburg, Russia,...

, Russia
Carpet  Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
Jakob Hlasek
Jakob Hlasek is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland.-Career:The major highlights of Hlasek's career came in 1992. He won the French Open men's doubles title that year...

 Czech Republic Martin Damm
Martin Damm
Martin Damm was a professional tennis player from Czechia. He is 6'2" 195 lb and is best known as a doubles player . ,his highest singles ranking 42 as of August 1997...

 
 Sweden Anders Järryd
Anders Järryd
Anders Per Järryd is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. During his career he won eight Grand Slam doubles titles , reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 5.Järryd was born in Lidköping, Västra Götaland...

4–6, 2–6
Winner 5. 10 April 1995 Estoril
Estoril Open
The Estoril Open is an ATP and WTA clay court tournament held in Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal . The men's tournament was created in 1990 and since its inception, every champion except 2004 champion Juan Ignacio Chela and 2009–2010 champion Albert Montañés has been in the Top 10 of the ATP rankings,...

, Portugal
Clay  Russia Andrei Olhovskiy
Andrei Olhovskiy
Andrei Olhovskiy is a former tennis player from Russia, who turned professional in 1989....

 Germany Marc-Kevin Goellner
Marc-Kevin Goellner
Marc-Kevin Peter Goellner is a former professional tennis player from Germany.The son of a German diplomat, Goellner lived in Rio de Janeiro, Tel Aviv, Sydney as a youngster before moving to Germany in 1986. In 1990, he suffered two torn ligaments in his left foot, which almost ended his tennis...

 
 Italy Diego Nargiso
Diego Nargiso
Diego Nargiso is a former tennis player from Italy.Having turned professional in 1987, Nargiso represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in the second round by America's eventual runner-up Tim Mayotte...

5–7, 7–5, 6–2
Winner 6. 15 May 1995 Hamburg
Hamburg Masters
The German Open Hamburg, established in 1892, is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Hamburg, Germany and part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. Originally a Grand Prix Tennis Tour event between 1978 and 1989 it was part of the Grand Prix Championship...

, Germany
Clay  South Africa Wayne Ferreira
Wayne Ferreira
Wayne Richard Ferreira is a former tennis player from South Africa. He attended Parktown Boys' High School....

 Zimbabwe Byron Black
Byron Black
Byron Black is a former touring professional tennis and Davis Cup player for Zimbabwe.- Biography :He is the brother of Cara and Wayne Black, both professional tennis players...

 
 Russia Andrei Olhovskiy
Andrei Olhovskiy
Andrei Olhovskiy is a former tennis player from Russia, who turned professional in 1989....

6–1, 7–6
Runner-up 4. 26 June 1995 Halle
Gerry Weber Open
The Gerry Weber Open is a tennis tournament held in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Held since 1993, the tournament is played on four outdoor grass courts and is a part of the ATP World Tour 250 series on the ATP Tour schedule....

, Germany
Grass  Russia Andrei Olhovskiy
Andrei Olhovskiy
Andrei Olhovskiy is a former tennis player from Russia, who turned professional in 1989....

 Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Jacco Eltingh
Jacco Folkert Eltingh is a former professional male tennis player and former World No. 1 doubles player from the Netherlands.He is best remembered for his success in doubles with fellow countryman Paul Haarhuis...

 
 Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Paul Haarhuis
Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis is a Dutch former professional tennis player. He is a former World No. 1 doubles player. He won six Grand Slam men's doubles titles, five with Jacco Eltingh and one with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.-Personal life:...

2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner 7. 31 July 1995 Montreal
Canada Masters
The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour...

, Canada
Hard  Russia Andrei Olhovskiy  United States Brian MacPhie
 Australia Sandon Stolle
Sandon Stolle
Sandon Stolle is a former professional male tennis player from Australia and former World No. 2 in doubles .Stolle is the son of former Australian tennis champion Fred Stolle...

6–2, 6–2
Winner 8. 23 October 1995 Lyon
Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon
The Open Sud de France is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour. It was held annually at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France, in October, from 1987 through to 2009, before being relocated to...

, France
Carpet  Switzerland Jakob Hlasek  South Africa John-Laffnie de Jager
 South Africa Wayne Ferreira
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 5. 26 February 1996 Antwerp, Belgium Carpet  Netherlands Menno Oosting
Menno Oosting
Menno Oosting was a professional tennis player from the Netherlands, who won seven ATP Tour doubles titles and reached 11 finals in his career....

 Sweden Jonas Björkman
Jonas Björkman
Jonas Lars Björkman is a former World Number 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships....

 
 Sweden Nicklas Kulti
4–6, 4–6
Winner 9. 1 April 1996 St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg Open
The St. Petersburg Open is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour. It has been held annually at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in St. Petersburg, Russia,...

, Russia
Carpet  Russia Andrei Olhovskiy  Sweden Nicklas Kulti
Nicklas Kulti
Nicklas Kulti is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.Kulti was ranked the World No. 1 junior tennis player in 1989 after winning the Australian Open and Wimbledon junior titles, and finishing runner-up at the US Open.In 1990, Kulti won his first top-level singles title at Adelaide...

 
 Sweden Peter Nyborg
6–3, 6–4
Winner 10. 6 May 1996 Prague
ATP Prague
The Prague Open is a defunct Grand Prix and ATP affiliated tennis tournament played from 1987 to 1999. It was held in Prague in the Czech Republic and played on outdoor clay courts.-Singles:-Doubles:-References:*...

, Czech Republic
Clay  Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
Daniel Vacek
Daniel Vacek is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia and the Czechia who turned professional in 1990.Vacek represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the second round...

 Argentina Luis Lobo
Luis Lobo
Luis Lobo is a professional male tennis player from Argentina, who won the gold medal in the men's doubles competition at the 1995 Pan American Games....

 
 Spain Javier Sánchez
6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Winner 11. 10 June 1996 French Open, Paris Clay  Czech Republic Daniel Vacek  Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
Jakob Hlasek
Jakob Hlasek is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland.-Career:The major highlights of Hlasek's career came in 1992. He won the French Open men's doubles title that year...

 
 France Guy Forget
Guy Forget
Guy Forget is a former French professional tennis player. During his career, he helped France win the Davis Cup in both 1991 and 1996. Since retiring as a player, he has served as France's Davis Cup team captain.-Career:...

6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 6. 24 June 1996 Halle
Gerry Weber Open
The Gerry Weber Open is a tennis tournament held in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Held since 1993, the tournament is played on four outdoor grass courts and is a part of the ATP World Tour 250 series on the ATP Tour schedule....

, Germany
Grass  Czech Republic Daniel Vacek  Zimbabwe Byron Black
Byron Black
Byron Black is a former touring professional tennis and Davis Cup player for Zimbabwe.- Biography :He is the brother of Cara and Wayne Black, both professional tennis players...

 
 Canada Grant Connell
Grant Connell
Grant Connell is a former professional tennis player from Canada. He was one of the world's top doubles player from the early through middle 1990s....

1–6, 5–7
Winner 12. 30 September 1996 Basel
Davidoff Swiss Indoors
The Swiss Indoors is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. Originally an event of the Grand Prix tennis circuit between 1970 and 1989. It is currently part of the World Tour 500 Series of the ATP Tour. It is held annually at the St...

, Switzerland
Hard (i)  Czech Republic Daniel Vacek  South Africa David Adams
David Adams (tennis)
David Adams is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He turned pro in 1989. During his career he won 19 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 33 times, including at the French Open in 1992. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...

 
 Netherlands Menno Oosting
Menno Oosting
Menno Oosting was a professional tennis player from the Netherlands, who won seven ATP Tour doubles titles and reached 11 finals in his career....

6–3, 6–4
Winner 13. 14 October 1996 Vienna
BA-CA TennisTrophy
The Erste Bank Open is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. Originally an event of the Grand Prix tennis circuit . It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour...

, Austria
Carpet  Czech Republic Daniel Vacek  Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
Pavel Vízner
Pavel Vízner is a professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic. Vízner has reached the French Open final twice, having had turned professional in 1990 and achieved a career high doubles ranking of World Number 5 on September 10, 2007.- Career :While Vízner had played tournaments in 1988...

 
 Netherlands Menno Oosting
7–6, 6–4
Runner-up 7. 4 November 1996 Paris
Paris Masters
The Paris Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour...

, France
Carpet  Czech Republic Daniel Vacek  Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
 Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
4–6, 6–4, 6–7
Winner 14. 9 June 1997 French Open, Paris Clay  Czech Republic Daniel Vacek  Australia Todd Woodbridge
Todd Woodbridge
Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former tennis player. He was born in Sydney and turned professional in 1988. He is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde and later Jonas Björkman...

 
 Australia Mark Woodforde
Mark Woodforde
Mark Woodforde is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He is best known as one half of "The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge....

7–6, 4–6, 6–3
Winner 15. 14 July 1997 Gstaad
Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad
The Swiss Open is a tennis tournament held in Gstaad, Switzerland. Held since 1915, the tournament is played on outdoor clay courts...

, Switzerland
Clay  Czech Republic Daniel Vacek  United States Trevor Kronemann
 Australia David Macpherson
David Macpherson (tennis)
----David Macpherson is a former professional male tennis player on the ATP tour.A product of player and coach, Tony Roche's junior tennis academy, he played lefthanded and turned professional in 1985. As a junior player Macpherson was one of Australia's top prospects in his peer group, reaching...

4–6, 7–6, 6–3
Winner 16. 8 September 1997 U.S. Open
U.S. Open (tennis)
The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, which for men's singles was first contested in 1881...

, New York
Hard  Czech Republic Daniel Vacek  Sweden Jonas Björkman
Jonas Björkman
Jonas Lars Björkman is a former World Number 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships....

 
 Sweden Nicklas Kulti
7–6, 6–3
Winner 17. 23 February 1998 Antwerp, Belgium Hard  South Africa Wayne Ferreira  Spain Tomás Carbonell
Tomas Carbonell
Tomás Carbonell Lladó is a former professional tennis player from Spain.Carbonell won 2 singles and 22 doubles titles on the ATP Tour in his career. He twice reached the semifinals of the French Open in doubles, in 1999 with Pablo Albano, and in 2000 with Martín García. Carbonell reached his...

 
 Spain Francisco Roig
Francisco Roig
Francisco Roig Genís is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He was primarily a doubles player, winning 9 ATP World Tour titles and reaching 12 more finals. He retired from the tour in 2001...

7–5, 3–6, 6–2
Runner-up 8. 2 March 1998 London, England Carpet  Czech Republic Daniel Vacek  Czech Republic Martin Damm
 United States Jim Grabb
Jim Grabb
Jim Grabb is a 6' 4" former professional tennis player.Grabb was twice ranked the World No. 1 doubles player, in 1989 and in 1993. A right-handed serve-and-volleyer, Grabb's best singles ranking was World No. 24, a ranking he achieved in February 1990.-College:Grabb is Jewish, and was born in...

4–6, 5–7
Winner 18. 19 October 1998 Vienna
BA-CA TennisTrophy
The Erste Bank Open is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. Originally an event of the Grand Prix tennis circuit . It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour...

, Austria
Carpet  Czech Republic Daniel Vacek  South Africa David Adams
 South Africa John-Laffnie de Jager
7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 9. 16 November 1998 Moscow
Kremlin Cup
The Kremlin Cup is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour and is a Premier Tournament on the WTA Tour...

, Russia
Carpet  Czech Republic Daniel Vacek  United States Jared Palmer
Jared Palmer
Jared Eiseley Palmer is a professional tennis player who won 28 professional doubles titles and one singles title in his career on the ATP Tour. He also won four double titles on the challenger's circuit...

 
 United States Jeff Tarango
Jeff Tarango
Jeffrey Gail Tarango is a retired American professional tennis player. He was a top ten doubles player and a French Open doubles runner up, but is mostly remembered for defaulting a match at Wimbledon and his wife assaulting the umpire once Tarango had left the court.-Career summary:Tarango...

4–6, 7–6, 2–6
Winner 19. 19 April 1999 Barcelona, Spain Clay  Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Paul Haarhuis
Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis is a Dutch former professional tennis player. He is a former World No. 1 doubles player. He won six Grand Slam men's doubles titles, five with Jacco Eltingh and one with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.-Personal life:...

 Italy Massimo Bertolini
 Italy Cristian Brandi
7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 10. 21 February 2000 Rotterdam, Netherlands Hard (i)  United Kingdom Tim Henman
Tim Henman
Timothy Henry "Tim" Henman OBE is a retired English professional tennis player and former British Number One. Henman played a serve-and-volley style of tennis that suited the grass courts of Wimbledon. He was the first player from the United Kingdom since Roger Taylor in the 1970s to reach the...

 South Africa David Adams
 South Africa John-Laffnie de Jager
7–5, 2–6, 3–6
Winner 20. 24 April 2000 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay  South Africa Wayne Ferreira  Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Paul Haarhuis
Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis is a Dutch former professional tennis player. He is a former World No. 1 doubles player. He won six Grand Slam men's doubles titles, five with Jacco Eltingh and one with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.-Personal life:...

 
 Australia Sandon Stolle
6–3, 2–6, 6–1
Runner-up 11. 15 May 2000 Rome
Rome Masters
The Italian Open is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is the most prestigious red clay tennis tournament in the world after the French Open, with the men's competition being an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, and the women's...

, Italy
Clay  South Africa Wayne Ferreira
Wayne Ferreira
Wayne Richard Ferreira is a former tennis player from South Africa. He attended Parktown Boys' High School....

 Czech Republic Martin Damm
 Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý
Dominik Hrbatý
Dominik Hrbatý is a retired professional tennis player from Slovakia.-Personal life:Hrbatý was born on 4 January 1978 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. His father was an architecture engineer and his younger brother is an umpire...

4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner 21. 16 October 2000 Vienna
BA-CA TennisTrophy
The Erste Bank Open is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. Originally an event of the Grand Prix tennis circuit . It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour...

, Austria
Hard (i) Nenad Zimonjić
Nenad Zimonjic
Nenad Zimonjić is a professional Serbian tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 3 in men's doubles. He is the second tennis doubles player from Serbia to hold the World No.1, after Slobodan Živojinović.-Career:...

 Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Jirí Novák
Jiří Novák is a former Czech tennis player, who was born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia but resides nowadays in Monte Carlo, Monaco.-Career:Novák turned professional in 1993 and won 7 singles and 18 doubles titles during his career, winning $7,614,063 in prize money. For six years, he was the...

 
 Czech Republic David Rikl
David Rikl
David Rikl is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. The left-handed Rikl turned professional in 1989. The Czech's success came mostly in doubles, having been a runner-up at the 2004 US Open and 2001 Wimbledon Championships. However, Rikl did achieve a top-100 singles...

6–4, 6–4
Winner 22. 19 March 2001 Indian Wells
Indian Wells Masters
The Indian Wells Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California....

, United States
Hard  South Africa Wayne Ferreira  Sweden Jonas Björkman
 Australia Todd Woodbridge
6–2, 7–5
Winner 23. 14 May 2001 Rome
Rome Masters
The Italian Open is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is the most prestigious red clay tennis tournament in the world after the French Open, with the men's competition being an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, and the women's...

, Italy
Clay  South Africa Wayne Ferreira  Canada Daniel Nestor
Daniel Nestor
Daniel Mark Nestor, CM , born Danijel Nestorović September 4, 1972, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is a Serbian-born Canadian professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada....

 
 Australia Sandon Stolle
6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Winner 24. 29 October 2001 St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg Open
The St. Petersburg Open is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour. It has been held annually at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in St. Petersburg, Russia,...

, Russia
Hard  Russia Denis Golovanov  Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze
Irakli Labadze
Irakli Labadze |Georgia]]) is a professional tennis player. His career high singles ranking was "World No. 42" which he attained in July, 2004.Labadze turned pro in 1998, and has recently passed the $1 205 296 career prize money mark...

 
 Russia Marat Safin
Marat Safin
Marat Mikhailovich Safin is a retired Russian tennis player of Tatar descent. Safin won two grand slams and reached the world number 1 ranking during his career. He was also famous for his emotional outbursts and sometimes fiery temper on court. Safin also holds the record for most broken...

7–5, 6–4
Runner-up 12. 22 April 2002 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay  Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Paul Haarhuis
Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis is a Dutch former professional tennis player. He is a former World No. 1 doubles player. He won six Grand Slam men's doubles titles, five with Jacco Eltingh and one with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.-Personal life:...

 Sweden Jonas Björkman
 Australia Todd Woodbridge
Todd Woodbridge
Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former tennis player. He was born in Sydney and turned professional in 1988. He is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde and later Jonas Björkman...

3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Winner 25. 10 June 2002 French Open, Paris Clay  Netherlands Paul Haarhuis  The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Mark Knowles
Mark Knowles is a former World number 1 doubles professional male tennis player from the Bahamas, who will go down as one of the greatest athletes of his country for his longevity within his sport and charitable contributions off the court.After being awarded a scholarship to the Nick...

 
 Canada Daniel Nestor
7–5, 6–4
Winner 26. 17 March 2003 Indian Wells
Indian Wells Masters
The Indian Wells Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California....

, United States
Hard  South Africa Wayne Ferreira  United States Bob Bryan
Bob Bryan
Robert Charles "Bob" Bryan is an American male professional tennis player. With his twin brother Mike, he has spent over 200 weeks as a World No. 1 doubles player. He has won eighteen Grand Slam titles, 11 in men's doubles and seven in mixed doubles. He turned professional in 1998...

 
 United States Mike Bryan
Mike Bryan
Michael Carl "Mike" Bryan is an American professional tennis player. He stands tall, weighs 192 lbs and plays right-handed. He turned professional in 1998. With his twin brother Bob, he has been World No...

3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up 13. 9 June 2003 French Open, Paris Clay  Netherlands Paul Haarhuis  United States Bob Bryan
Bob Bryan
Robert Charles "Bob" Bryan is an American male professional tennis player. With his twin brother Mike, he has spent over 200 weeks as a World No. 1 doubles player. He has won eighteen Grand Slam titles, 11 in men's doubles and seven in mixed doubles. He turned professional in 1998...

 
 United States Mike Bryan
Mike Bryan
Michael Carl "Mike" Bryan is an American professional tennis player. He stands tall, weighs 192 lbs and plays right-handed. He turned professional in 1998. With his twin brother Bob, he has been World No...

6–7, 3–6
Runner-up 14. 21 July 2003 Stuttgart
Mercedes Cup
The Mercedes Cup is an ATP World Tour 250 series tennis tournament on the ATP Tour. Held since 1916 in Stuttgart, Germany, the Mercedes Cup is played on clay courts...

, Germany
Clay  Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
Kevin Ullyett
Kevin Ullyett is a former professional tennis player from Zimbabwe. His primary success on the tour has been in men's doubles. He has won 24 doubles titles, including the 2001 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open, both with Wayne Black...

 Czech Republic Tomáš Cibulec
Tomáš Cibulec
Tomáš Cibulec is a quad-lingual professional Czech tennis player who turned professional in 1996. Cibulec reached his highest singles ranking on August 3, 1998, becoming world number 646. His highest doubles ranking is world number 21, which he reached on March 17, 2003...

 
 Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
Pavel Vízner
Pavel Vízner is a professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic. Vízner has reached the French Open final twice, having had turned professional in 1990 and achieved a career high doubles ranking of World Number 5 on September 10, 2007.- Career :While Vízner had played tournaments in 1988...

6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Winner 27. 4 August 2003 Washington, D.C.
Legg Mason Tennis Classic
The Legg Mason Tennis Classic is an annual late-summer men's tennis tournament played in Washington, D.C. as part of the ATP Tour. It was first held in 1969. It was later known as the Sovran Bank Classic. . Originally an event of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour and part of the Grand Prix Championship...

, United States
Hard  Armenia Sargis Sargsian
Sargis Sargsian
Sargis Sargsian is a former professional tennis player from Armenia.Sargsian turned pro in 1995, and has won one singles and two doubles titles during his career on the ATP Tour...

 South Africa Chris Haggard
Chris Haggard
Chris Haggard is a professional tennis player from South Africa.After finishing runner-up in the NAIA national men's tennis championship singles draw in 1991 while playing for Auburn University-Montgomery, Haggard turned pro in 1993. He has won six ATP Tour doubles titles and finished runner-up a...

 
 Australia Paul Hanley
Paul Hanley (tennis)
Paul Jason Hanley is a professional male tennis player from Australia, specialising in doubles. His parents, Jay and Judy, co-own a tennis centre, one of the main reasons Hanley pursued a career in the sport.He lost the 2005 Wimbledon finals in mixed doubles, playing with Tatiana Perebiynis...

7–5, 4–6, 6–2

Singles

Tournament199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003SRW–L
Grand Slams
Australian Open
Australian Open
The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...

A LQ 2R QF QF A A W F QF 2R 2R 1 / 8 28–7
French Open A 2R 3R SF W QF 2R 2R QF QF 2R 2R 1 / 11 31–10
Wimbledon A A 3R QF 1R 4R 1R 3R 2R 3R 3R 1R 0 / 10 16–10
US Open A A 4R 3R A 2R 4R SF 3R SF 2R 3R 0 / 9 24–9
Win–Loss 0–0 1–1 8–4 15–4 11–2 8–3 4–3 15–3 13–4 15–4 5–4 4–4 2 / 38 99–36
Year-End Championship
Tennis Masters Cup
Tennis Masters Cup
The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals is a tennis tournament played at the end of each year, involving the top eight players in the men's tennis world rankings....

A A A RR RR F RR SF RR SF A A 0 / 7 11–14
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells
Indian Wells Masters
The Indian Wells Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California....

A LQ A A A A 1R 1R 2R SF QF 2R 0 / 6 9–6
Miami
Miami Masters
The Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida. It is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour and is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park...

A LQ A A A A 3R 2R 4R 3R 3R 3R 0 / 6 7–6
Monte Carlo A A SF 2R 1R 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R 2R 0 / 10 8–10
Rome
Rome Masters
The Italian Open is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is the most prestigious red clay tennis tournament in the world after the French Open, with the men's competition being an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, and the women's...

A A 2R 1R 3R 3R 3R 3R 2R 2R 2R SF 0 / 10 16–10
Hamburg
Hamburg Masters
The German Open Hamburg, established in 1892, is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Hamburg, Germany and part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. Originally a Grand Prix Tennis Tour event between 1978 and 1989 it was part of the Grand Prix Championship...

A A F 1R SF SF 1R A 1R 1R 1R A 0 / 8 11–8
Canada
Canada Masters
The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour...

A A A QF A SF QF F QF 1R 3R 2R 0 / 8 17–8
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Masters
The Cincinnati Open is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city., Between...

A A 2R 1R QF QF SF SF 3R QF 1R 2R 0 / 10 17–10
Madrid (Stuttgart)
Madrid Masters
There are two sporting events named the Madrid Masters:*Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open — a men's and women's tennis tournament*Madrid Masters...

LQ 2R SF 2R 1R 2R F 2R SF SF 2R 1R 0 / 11 15–11
Paris
Paris Masters
The Paris Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour...

A LQ 2R A F SF SF 2R 3R F 3R A 0 / 8 17–8
Win–Loss 0–0 1–1 15–6 4–6 11–6 14–7 16–9 9–8 14–9 16–9 8–9 9–7 0 / 77 117–77
Year End Ranking 275 102 11 6 3 5 11 2 5 4 27 41

Doubles

Tournament199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003SRW–L
Grand Slams
Australian Open
Australian Open
The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...

A A 1R QF 3R A A QF 3R 3R 2R 2R 0 / 8 14–8
French Open A A 2R QF W W 2R QF QF 1R W F 3 / 10 34–7
Wimbledon A A SF SF 3R 1R 3R 2R A A 3R 2R 0 / 8 17–6
US Open A A 1R 2R A W 2R 1R SF 2R 3R 1R 1 / 9 15–8
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 5–4 11–4 10–2 12–1 4–3 7–3 9–3 3–3 11–3 8–3 4 / 35 80–29
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells
Indian Wells Masters
The Indian Wells Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Indian Wells, California....

A A A A A A QF 1R SF W 1R W 2 / 6 14–4
Miami
Miami Masters
The Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida. It is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour and is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park...

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Rome
Rome Masters
The Italian Open is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. It is the most prestigious red clay tennis tournament in the world after the French Open, with the men's competition being an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, and the women's...

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Hamburg
Hamburg Masters
The German Open Hamburg, established in 1892, is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Hamburg, Germany and part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. Originally a Grand Prix Tennis Tour event between 1978 and 1989 it was part of the Grand Prix Championship...

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Canada
Canada Masters
The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour...

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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Masters
The Cincinnati Open is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city., Between...

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Madrid (Stuttgart)
Madrid Masters
There are two sporting events named the Madrid Masters:*Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open — a men's and women's tennis tournament*Madrid Masters...

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Paris
Paris Masters
The Paris Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour...

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Tennis records

  • He played exclusively with and endorsed racquets from Austrian company Fischer throughout his career.

  • One of seven players to beat Roger Federer at Wimbledon; the other six being Jiri Novak (1999), Tim Henman (2001), Mario Ancic (2002), Rafael Nadal (2008), Tomáš Berdych (2010) and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (2011).

  • In the episode of Sports Night "Shane", Dan and Jeremy spend over an hour recording and rerecording a ten-second commercial voiceover because Dan cannot say Yevgeny Kafelnikov.

  • Kafelnikov is the only male player in the open era to have won two or more Grand Slam singles titles without also winning a Masters Series title, despite having reached five Masters Series finals.

  • Kafelnikov owns the second-best career winning percentage against Roger Federer
    Roger Federer
    Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...

     amongst those with more than four matches against him (Nadal having the best). Kafelnikov is 4–2 against Federer, joined by Àlex Corretja
    Àlex Corretja
    Àlex Corretja i Verdegay is a former professional tennis player from Spain. During his career, he finished runner-up twice at the French Open . He won the ATP Tour World Championships in 1998 and reached his career-high singles ranking of world no. 2 in 1999...

    , Rafael Nadal
    Rafael Nadal
    Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. , he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals...

     and Andy Murray as the only players with winning records against Federer in more than four matches. See: Roger Federer career statistics
    Roger Federer career statistics
    This is a list of the main career statistics of professional tennis player Roger Federer.-Singles: 23 :Federer is the 6th man to achieve a singles Career Grand Slam. With 16, Federer has won more singles Grand Slam titles than any other man. With 23, Federer has reached more singles Grand Slam...

    .

Other interests

  • Kafelnikov is an avid supporter of Russian football side Dynamo Moscow FC, and was given 'lifetime membership' of the club by Chairman Victor Zakharov in 2003, and as a result is a registered player for both the football team, and the basketball team. He has, however, never played any games for either team as yet.

  • Kafelnikov is now a keen semi-professional golfer, who is in close contact with Russia's only qualified golf professional, Mark Nichols
    Mark Nichols (golfer)
    Mark Andrew Nichols is an English professional golfer.Nichols was born on the Isle of Sheppey. He played on the European Tour in 1994 and 1995, and the second tier Challenge Tour from 1990 to 1993, and again in 1996...

    , who lives in Moscow, but is originally from England.

  • He also obtained a wildcard entry into the 2005 Cadillac Russian Open golf tournament, in Moscow, shooting rounds of 88 and 96 to finish 40 over par and missed the cut by 24 strokes.

  • Kafelnikov starred in Virtua Tennis
    Virtua Tennis
    Virtua Tennis is a 1999 tennis arcade game created by Sega-AM3. The player competes through tennis tournaments and various arcade modes. For the home console market the game was expanded with the introduction of the campaign mode. It was later ported to Dreamcast in 2000, and for Microsoft Windows...

    , an arcade tennis game. In the Play Station 2 version, he has a strong backhand. On the arcade version, he is an all-around player; this attribute led to him being paired alongside Serena Williams
    Serena Williams
    Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002 and regained this ranking for the fifth time on...

     by Chris Lambert and Harry Whittle (mentored by Richard Brown) in their completion of the game at St Catherine's College, Oxford
    St Catherine's College, Oxford
    St Catherine's College, often called Catz, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its motto is Nova et Vetera...

    . The machine had previously been unbeaten since its introduction to the JCR in 2002.

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